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4 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A FRAMEWORK FOR A COUNTY-WIDE SOLID WASTE PLAN AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE TOWNS OF CARRBORO, CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBOROUGH AND ORANGE COUNTY ADOPT THIS FRAMEWORK. WHEREAS, The Orange Regional Landfill Owners Group has committed to a program of solid waste management that includes solid waste reduction per person of 45% by 2001 and 61% by 2006,:and WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina requires a solid waste management plan with specific reduction goals for 2001 and 2006, and WHEREAS, the Owners Group has conducted an integrated solid waste plan study to develop options for reducing and managing solid waste in Orange County, and WHEREAS, the Owners Group has endorsed a solid waste management plan that includes waste prevention measures, collection programs and processing methods described in attachment A to this resolution, and WHEREAS, successful implementation of a solid waste plan that meets the waste reduction goals will also require cooperation and coordination with all the local governments and waste generators throughout Orange County, and WHEREAS, local governments may need to further regulate and control solid waste in order to fully accomplish the waste diversion goals set by the Landfill Owners Group, and WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste Staff has been authorized as the lead agency representing the governing boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Orange County; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange Regional Landfill Owners Group that, The Orange Regional Landfill Owners Group adopts a framework for a solid waste management plan as described in attachment A, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that The Owners Group recommends that all local governments in Orange County adopt this framework for the solid waste management plan. This is the 28`h of May, 1997.